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Patented May 26, 1914.

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DISH WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION LED 0012s, 1912.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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W. W. BAYS.

DISH WASHINGMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0m. 2a, 1912.

Patented May 26, 1914 a sums-sum 3.

INVENTOR Altomeys,

. or rinsing liquid the dishes an UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. BAYS, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

DISH-WASHING- MACHINE.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. Bars citizen of theUnitcd States, residing at Charlotte, in the count of Mecklenburg and State of North Caro ina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for washing dishes, and has for one of-its objects to provide a simply constructed and conveniently arrange device whereby soiled dishes are washed or cleansed and whereby the dishes are forced downwardly 15.

through the cleansing li uid'and'the cleansing li uid forced upwar ly-and distributed over t e dishes.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a device whereby the dishes are thoroughly washed or cleansed without subjecting them-to harsh treatment or agitation so that the most fragile and delicate dishes can be washed in the improved device without danger of breakage.

Another-object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the dishes are subjected to the action of coacting air currents and jets of the cleansing and wherein the cleansing or rinsing 1i uid is applied to all sides of from all directions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein provision is made for so supporting the dishes that those of a fragile and delicate material are supported and held from lateral movement, and thus prevented from being fractured or otherwlse injured.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a device of this character wherein the parts are readily separable for cleansing and the restoration of broken and impaired parts. p a

Another object of the" invention isto provide a simply constructed device which is safe and simple and easily operated and without weariness to the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device whereby dishes of varying sizes and forms may be simultaneously .washed and without the necessity for the hands of the operator coming in contact with the cleansing liquid.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1912. Serial No. 728,310.

Patented May 26, 1914.

vide a simply construbted device whereby the dishes after being washed may be drained individual dishes.

and rinsed without handling the With these and other objects in view,'the

trative of the preferred embodiment of the.

invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved device in its simpler form with the upper portion in section on the line 2-42 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a plan view in section on the line H of Fig.3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the dish separating bars. Fig. 6 is an enlar ed perspective view of the cup and glass holder. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan'view of the supporting cage, with the suspending and operating bars in section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the dish holder with the dish supporting rack removed. Fig. 10 is a side view of a modified form of the air chamber, and a modified form of the sleeve fitting over the air and water conduit. l

Corresponding and like parts are referrcd to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a receptacle 10 for the cleansing liquid which may he of any suitable shape and constructed of any suitable material, but is preferably cylindrical in form and open at the upper end and provided with a draW-oii device 11 whereby the cleansing liquid maybe removed. The receptacle 10 is also. provided with lifting handles 12 of suitable construction. Connected to the receptacle 10 at one side is a socket 13 to support a standard 15 i to which an operating lever 16 is pivotally connected at 17 the ob3ect to be hereafter explained.

The lever is provided with a holding spring 19 which retains its inner end nor mally in upward position. A stop member 20 is also connected to the standard 15 and.

. vide means for manually distending the a the improved device the outer end of the 59, the latter being arranged in pairs with The rings 57 are preferably provided with the rim 49. By this means a portion of the cover may be elevated to enable the dishes contained in the member 33 to be inspected when required.

Rising from the cover 48 is a reduced rim 54 which incloses a portion of the upper side of the member 48, and the member 48 is provided with numerous apertures 55 within the space inclosed by the rim 54. By this arrangement means are provided for supplying the receptacle '10 with the cleansing liquid, or with the rinsing liquid as may be preferred, without the necessity for removing the cover or the other parts.

In Fig. 6 a device is illustrated which may be employed for supporting tumblers, cups, and similar dishes or vessels of frail texture within the holder 33, and is designed preferably to be used independently of the support 41, but may be used in connection with the member 41.

- When the device shown in Fig. 6 is employed the member 41 may or may not be removed as the operator may elect.

The tumbler or cup supporting attachment comprises a band 56 adaptedto be inserted-within the member 33 and provided with numerous split rings 57 extending inwardly from its upper edge and with an an nular supporting member 58 and radial bars one pair of the bars located in vertical aline ment with one of the split rings 57. The rings 57 are designed to support cups, glasses and like dishes which rest by their lower ends upon theradial members 59.

inwardly directed extensions 60 which prorings to adapt them to glasses or cups of different sizes. signed to receive the handles of tea cups and like articles and thus prevent them from fracture during the washing and rinsing action.

In the operation of cleansing dishes with lever 16 is depressed until it engages the hook of the locking bar 20 which action correspondingly raises the cage upwardly in the dish holder in convenient location to receive the dishes, or the dish holder may be ice-1.

moved from the cage and placed upon a table-or other support, and the holder with the dishes therein then placed back within the cage. The dishes are uniformly deposited within the holder and upon the sup .port 41 in reclining position and with sublarge The extensions 60 are also de be located upon the member 10 with the recesses 5O opposite the members 2430 and with the hinged portion 50 at the opposite 16 is then released from the locking member 20 and operated rapidly to cause the dish supporting device to vibrate vertically through the cleansing liquid and produce the required cleansing action. As the dish receptacle is moved downwardly the air is caused to move upwardly in the conical member 36 and into the extension 38 and is thrown violently by the deflector 4746- as the receptacles move downwardly the lower sides dfq -the dishes engage against the cleansing liquid while a relatively portion of the latter is moved upwardly through the member 38 and thrown violently upon the outer sides of the dishes. As the dish receptacle is moved upwardly at the return stroke of the lever the reverse action takes place as will be obvious. By this means the dishes are moved rapidly upwardly. and downwardly through the cleansing liquid and the latter forcibly thrown in contact therewith, both at the lower sides and the upper sides. The cleansing action is thus very thorough and complete and every part of each dish is sub; jected to the action of the cleansing liquid a number of times, or practically at each stroke of the lever.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and of any required size or capacity, and is equally adaptable for a small family or for the largest hotels or restaurants.

In Fig. 3 the member 36 is shown with inclined sides, while in Fig. 10 this member is shown in he l or inverted bowl 'shape, or with curved sides. I 4

In Fig. 10 also a modified form of the sleeve 44 is shown formed of wire cloth,.as shown at 62, and extending above the sleeve 38 and carries the deflector plate 46 and its cone 47. The netting thus replaces the rods 45. The air and water rising through the sleeve 38 freely passes through the meshes of the netting.

In Fig. 5 is shown a device which will be employed to hold the dishes separated one from the other when required to permit the cleansing liquid to flow more freely betweenthem. These devices are formed of metal strips bent into a plurality of return bends, and may be of any required size and any required number may be employed. These separating strips will not be required except-where the dishes are of such uniform shape that they will closely nest T when de osited 'n the holder. f

Jither 'Oll'l'l may be employed and it is not desired to limit the invention to any specific form of this portion of the apparatus. a When it is desired to wash or cleanse the dish holder the sleeves 44 and 40 are re? moved together with the deflector and the foraminous supporting memberand the cage likewise removed. By this means the parts are in separated position and can be readily 'alul'separately cleansed. By arranging the parts to be thus separated, broken or impaired portions may be readily removed without discarding the remainder of the apparatns.

Having thus described the inyention what 20 I claim is:

A device of the class described comprising In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W1 LL'IAM W. BAYS.

Witnesses BAXIER Ross, A. B. Guam. 

